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IMPORTANT INFORMATION - Future Employment - Please read

Sonographer’ is not currently a protected title in the UK and, at this present time, graduates will NOT be eligible to be registered with the HCPC, although it is hoped that this will become a possibility in the future. For this reason, employment may not be possible in certain NHS trusts and some private sector organisations, although many organisations already employ sonographers from non-traditional backgrounds 

Course Information

The Medical Ultrasound Degree Apprenticeship has been developed in collaboration with regional partners from primary and acute care to develop our apprenticeship offer.

The apprenticeship is suitable for both existing staff such as ultrasound/radiology assistants or support workers, and people new to the sector (including school leavers). 

This apprenticeship prepares people for a career as a qualified sonographer in the NHS by providing the underpinning knowledge and interpersonal skills the profession demands, such as working in an integrated working environment with multidisciplinary teams to enhance the quality of care to the service user. The broad purpose of the occupation is to conduct diagnostic and screening ultrasound examinations. Sonographers perform and report a wide range of clinical ultrasound examinations within a defined area of practice. They undertake scans which may include but are not limited to cancer detection, women's health and pregnancy, abdominal, vascular and musculoskeletal examinations, although their individual scope of practice can be wide and varied. It requires extremely good hand-eye coordination, spatial awareness and excellent interpersonal skills.

The course will deliver against the nationally recognised Sonographer DA Standard . The apprenticeship includes a combination of work-based learning modules and specialist education, which leads to a BSc Hons in Medical Ultrasound. 

Learning and Teaching

The Medical Ultrasound apprenticeship is a blended learning course which means that apprentices receive a mixture of online live (taught) sessions, online activities (non-taught) and face-to-face on campus taught sessions. These can be a mixture of lectures, seminars and practicals.

Contacts

• Course Leader - Michelle Hood - Senior Lecturer         m.hood@shu.ac.uk

• Module Leader - Catriona Hynes -Senior Lecturer      c.hynes@shu.ac.uk

• Module Leader - Liz Bullivant  - Senior Lecturer            e.bullivant@shu.ac.uk               

Course Calendar Level 4 March 24 Starters

Course Calendar Level 5 March 23 Starters

Module Delivery Overview

Module Assessments Overview L4